Matukio : Taarifa kwa umma kutoka Familia ya Henry Kiherire

Arising
from communications which are currently circulating through whatsapp
and other social media regarding the handling of the overall bereavement
on the passing of Henry Kiherile by gun shots, the family of Henry
Kiherile in Houston wishes to express the following:

(1)
We wish to express once again our sincere thanks to the Tanzanian
Houston community and its leadership for the overwhelming support given
to us as we grieved for the loss of Henry. You mourned with us, you
prayed with us, you supported us financially, and you allowed us to cry
on your shoulders. We thank you so much.

(2) We
acknowledge with many thanks the support and leadership we received
from the Embassy of Tanzania as we grieved on the loss. The consular
services we needed to facilitate transportation of the body to Tanzania
were rendered promptly and we appreciate the expressions of sympathy
during the entire time we worked on the consular affairs related to
transporting the body home. We are particularly grateful to the Embassy
for sending an embassy official, Dismas Assenga, to Houston to mourn
with us and to deliver the Ambassador’s condolence message and financial
contribution. We thank you so much.

(3) We
wish to inform you that the family is in close communication with the
Houston Police Department team working on the case. We have had several
in person meetings and regular telephone communications for briefings
and updates. We believe the perpetrator(s) of the crime will be brought
to justice in time.

(4) We
would like to state very clearly that we were very well served by all
institutions and organizations that we have worked with or are working
with in this matter (Houston Police Department, Embassy of Tanzania,
Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Umoja Church). We feel very well served during
this very difficult time for us.

(5)
Last but not least, and considering all of the above, we would like to
inform all of you that we do not subscribe to the view expressed in the
WhatsApp communication which wishes to send out a petition seeking
signatures to support a recommendation to the government of Tanzania to
remove Ambassador Wilson Masilingi from serving as Ambassador of
Tanzania to the United States, purportedly for “kutowajibika na
kutokujali vifo viwili tofauti ndani ya mwezi mmoja mjini Texas kwa
kupigwa risasi”. We have not expressed such discontent to anyone and we
would like to remove any implication that because we are one of the
families that lost a son so horrifically we, therefore, may have
contributed to the petition idea or motivated the authors of the
petition. We want Henry to rest in peace and for us to be allowed to
move on.
Henry Kiherile – Rest in Peace
Arising
from communications which are currently circulating through whatsapp
and other social media regarding the handling of the overall bereavement
on the passing of Henry Kiherile by gun shots, the family of Henry
Kiherile in Houston wishes to express the following:

(1)
We wish to express once again our sincere thanks to the Tanzanian
Houston community and its leadership for the overwhelming support given
to us as we grieved for the loss of Henry. You mourned with us, you
prayed with us, you supported us financially, and you allowed us to cry
on your shoulders. We thank you so much.
(2) We
acknowledge with many thanks the support and leadership we received
from the Embassy of Tanzania as we grieved on the loss. The consular
services we needed to facilitate transportation of the body to Tanzania
were rendered promptly and we appreciate the expressions of sympathy
during the entire time we worked on the consular affairs related to
transporting the body home. We are particularly grateful to the Embassy
for sending an embassy official, Dismas Assenga, to Houston to mourn
with us and to deliver the Ambassador’s condolence message and financial
contribution. We thank you so much.

(3) We
wish to inform you that the family is in close communication with the
Houston Police Department team working on the case. We have had several
in person meetings and regular telephone communications for briefings
and updates. We believe the perpetrator(s) of the crime will be brought
to justice in time.

(4) We
would like to state very clearly that we were very well served by all
institutions and organizations that we have worked with or are working
with in this matter (Houston Police Department, Embassy of Tanzania,
Forest Lawn Funeral Home, Umoja Church). We feel very well served during
this very difficult time for us.

(5)
Last but not least, and considering all of the above, we would like to
inform all of you that we do not subscribe to the view expressed in the
WhatsApp communication which wishes to send out a petition seeking
signatures to support a recommendation to the government of Tanzania to
remove Ambassador Wilson Masilingi from serving as Ambassador of
Tanzania to the United States, purportedly for “kutowajibika na
kutokujali vifo viwili tofauti ndani ya mwezi mmoja mjini Texas kwa
kupigwa risasi”. We have not expressed such discontent to anyone and we
would like to remove any implication that because we are one of the
families that lost a son so horrifically we, therefore, may have
contributed to the petition idea or motivated the authors of the
petition.